Experienced chefs from all over the country are fired up about making their best grilled dish until Guy Fieri informs them they can only use ingredients that begin with A, B, or G for "Always Be Grilling." Next, chefs must incorporate tamarind paste into their meaty madness. The final two chefs go head-to-head with their family favorite recipes as the store closes around them in a fast paced grill-off!
Flavortown honors the family members who taught many people how to cook: grandmas! First, Guy Fieri has the grandmas cook their most requested family dish while sticking to the restrictions that a typical family member might complain about most. Then, the grandmas cook their celebratory dinners using two of the samples Guy has featured around the market. When all is said and done, one grandma will outdo the others to earn an automatic $15,000.
Never give up! In the midst of preparing her trout appetizer, a feisty chef faces a big set back. Then in the entrée round, the competitors have a heck of a time cooking deckle of beef, and one chef's behavior brings up safety concerns. Then fighting it out for all the marbles, the two finalists find marble-sized coconuts in the dessert basket. Will they know what to do with coquitos?
The dinner bell is tolling, and Pat and Gina Neely are calling ya'll in to 'Eat Up!' First, it's a Surf & Turf Neely-style- NY strip steaks with a shrimp butter! Then, two sides you won't be able to put down, Gina's Cheesy Flat Bread and Spicy Creamed Spinach! Finally, they're washing it all down with a drink that'll knock your socks off, Neely's Lazy Day Lemonade! Grab a fork and 'Eat Up!'
Trisha Yearwood's good friend, Mandy, has finally made her home in Nashville. Mandy wants to throw a party in her new backyard and invite all her friends and neighbors, so Trisha is helping host the ultimate housewarming party, complete with the perfect party food. Her menu includes Chicken Wings Two Ways with Sticky Sesame and BBQ Bourbon Dipping Sauces, Veggie and Chorizo Quesadillas, Grilled Pizza on a Stick and a Rainbow Sprinkle Giant Cookie.
Ree Drummond is in her kitchen cooking with her kid film crew and serving up a dish for each one. For daughter Paige, there's a Chickpea Curry Bowl, and a Jalapeno Bacon Cheeseburger Mac with son-in-law Mauricio's name written all over it. Next, there's two takes on French Bread Pizzas for daughter Alex and a decadent Layered Brownie Skillet Sundae for nephew Stuart. The kids are in the kitchen, shooting, cooking and eating.
It's summer on the ranch, and Ree Drummond is making some simply delicious seasonal eats. First, there are Sausage and Pepper Burgers, perfect for eating inside or out. Then, there's a versatile Cobb Chicken Salad, served two ways, and a Chipotle Mozzarella Pasta Salad, perfect for parties, potlucks or a family dinner. To round it all off, there's fresh and foolproof Key Lime Pie Cheesecake Bars. It's summertime, and the cooking is easy!
An Iron Chef has the INGENUITY to see the extraordinary culinary potential in ordinary circumstances and ingredients. In this challenge, the chefs are brought to the Orpheum Theater, where Alton reveals the raw material for the Chairman's Challenge: iconic movie snack bar goodies, including popcorn and all the candy classics. The chefs have 60 minutes to create two dishes that show off their movie snack bar ingredient in the most ingenious way.
The last two recruits face their final, ultimate challenge: to cook a restaurant-quality meal for a panel of culinary experts, including TV host Sarah Gore, chef Akhtar Nawab and Cooking Channel's Laura Vitale. Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray coach their recruits, who must put all the skills they have learned over the past eight weeks to the test in order to be named the winner and awarded $50,000 for their charity.